U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued a proclamation declaring Friday, November 1 as “David Hamilton Jackson (Liberty) Day” and designating the month of November as “David Hamilton Jackson Month.” D. Hamilton Jackson was born on St. Croix in 1884 and throughout his life he was a labor leader, politician, educator, lawyer, newspaper editor, judge, […]

US VIRGIN ISLANDS — The expansion of Medicaid and funding for the ongoing recovery effort was the focus of Governor Bryan’s first day of meetings on Capitol Hill Tuesday, as the Governor and key members of his senior staff met with Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett and officials from the Departments of Housing

Governor Albert Bryan Jr., on Tuesday, began a slate of weeklong meetings with lawmakers and government officials to discuss federal issues impacting the  US Virgin Islands and to push forward his agenda of stabilizing the economy, keeping the disaster recovery effort on track and building a vibrant economy beyond the recovery. On Tuesday, Governor Bryan

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—The Virgin Islands Energy Office (VIEO) was chosen as a recipient of $625,000 in Fiscal Year 2019 funding under the Energizing Insular Communities (EIC) grant program. The EIC program is funded and administered through the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs. The VIEO will utilize the grant to develop a Solar

ST. THOMAS, U.S.VIRGIN ISLANDS— Governor Albert Bryan Jr., on Friday, submitted two major pieces of proposed legislation to dramatically overhaul emergency medical services in the Territory by merging two critical response apparatuses to increase available resources and manpower, and by creating a system that is more efficient and responsive to the emergency needs of residents

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—As part of the AFT Teach professional development day, school-based kitchen service workers throughout the territory participated in the second phase of the Shadow A Chef Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Office of the Governor, on October 18 on St. Thomas and October 21 on St. Croix.  The training day was executed in